0004 The Gifts Which Gifted On..

This is the story that the tribe, sitting together crosslegged, children at their feet, tell about the first gift a man so loved his wife that one day at that season of the year when the sun is so low in the sky that there is fear that it might disappear and only the wise old men, say this is the time for hope and prayer and the sun will return the stronger and we, the more joyful this man so loved his wife that one day he brought home besides the daily food, a beautiful thing he found and gave it to her because he loved her and she, overcome by this new event, kept that beautiful thing carefully hidden to remind her of his love for many years until one day, because she loved her son so much that she in turn gave that beautiful thing to him and the moment she handed it to him, the beautiful thing shone more brightly than the sun so bright that he shone too and the tribe say, they learnt from this that gifts received are gifts unearned but come from grace itself; they are not magic gifts until you pass them on to someone else and then you are indeed blest by them and grace surrounds you as the sun this is what that tribe say sitting there crosslegged, the children at their feet at this season of the year